The decision by the world’s largest sovereign fund follows a trend of European financial entities divesting from Israel’s firms over its actions in Gaza and the West Bank

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, announced on Tuesday that it has sold all its shares in Israel’s largest telecoms group, Bezeq, as it provides telecommunication services to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

“By doing so, the company is itself contributing to the violation of international law.”